#But ancient can only breed with the same species

[octyfish]

Sometimes when I play FR I name my dragons after FNAF beans. Always on the lookout for more too

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

Fun fact: almost all of the apples you eat are clones!

You see, apples have extraordinary variety in their phenotypes. Just like dogs, their fruit can vary so much that it’s hard to believe that they even come from the same species.

Except unlike a dog (where if you breed two boxers together, you’ll get another boxer), apple genetics have so much variety that every single seed planted will sprout into something completely new (and likely foul-tasting).

Even if you pollinate an apple tree with its own pollen, enough genetic re-combining will happen so that the resulting tree will produce fruit that is absolutely nothing like the fruit of its singular parent.

This makes apples (and other tree fruits) extremely difficult to selectively breed, so almost every single apple variety simply… isn’t selectively bred! Almost all apples, save for GMOs, were basically spontaneously generated by nature and simply propagated by humans.

But how do you propagate a set of genetics that doesn’t grow “true to seed”? Easy.

You graft.

Plants, unlike animals, are eager to accept any marginally similar flesh as their own.

You can cut off a branch of a tree (or a stem of almost any plant), affix the branch of a different tree (called a scion) over top the newly-created wound, and the base tree (called the rootstock) will heal them together and incorporate the new branch into its vasculatory system.

Not only will a tree willingly incorporate tissue of any member of its species, many trees will also take on the tissue of other species!

If it’s done while the tree is young enough, you can get a tree with very sturdy roots AND nothing but perfect apples from the waist up.

Grafting is the oldest form of cloning. It’s an agricultural practice with evidence of practice as far back as 2,000 BCE

Could you imagine if animals were like that? You could just stick something on and it would just work?

(I can’t help but wonder if ancient people ever tried grafting livestock together after seeing that it works with crops)

[witchthewriter]

𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞

From this poll, this series is born!

a/n: the dragons are able to shift into human-like beings. Taking 'bonded' to a whole other meaning.

This whole post is 18+. No minors. 🧿

ᴹᵃˢᵗᵉʳˡᶤˢᵗ | ᴹᵃˢᵗᵉʳˡᶤˢᵗ ᴵᴵ

𝑳𝑶𝑹𝑬:

graphic picture ahead -

In the days of Old Valyria Blood Magic was used to create the dragons species by a dragon hybrid choosing a mate. The hybrid had to be in a morphing form into his dragon form. Therefore, creating the dragon spirit that would fill the womb of his human mate.

・Hot-headed, overprotective and showing his animalistic side...always... like a dog with a bone, he will not let anyone touch you, nay; he will not let anyone even look at you too long.

・You often think that the human part of his shift could come out more prominantly, but it just doesn't.

・You do have to remind him that he isn't allowed to kill anyone in his path, that there are rules in human society that are vastly different to the ones in dragon culture.

"Bloody ridiculous, all of it."

・In human form, it's too obvious he isn't human. (Well, yes that is the same with the rest of those who can dragon-shift, but Caraxes cannot let go of his dragon side while human like the others can). It doesn't help that his eyes seem to glow all the time, on his face are tattooed runes from Old Valyria, long thick red hair, darkened lips, pointed ears and extremely large and obvious horns protruding from his head.

・Oh and he was the tallest man you had ever seen

・Standing at 7 feet tall, you thought Westeros had in fact been overrun by some sort of alien creature.

・But no. All dragonshifters are over 6'5 feet. Any less and they are considered still in childhood.

・The first time you saw his human form, you thought he was the most handsome being you had ever laid eyes on.

・A flurry of words that constantly contradicted one another: graceful yet aggressive, mysterious yet direct, there was a pull to him. A pull so ancient that you thought you might die if you didn't follow it.

・And Caraxes was used to ancient authority (he actually hates authority) but still...he knew he needed to listen this time.

・Still an outsider as a human - but he doesn't care, not when he has you.

・He knows how to do Valyrian braids, and loves when you sit on a pillow in front of him while he sits behind you. Humming, which turns to singing - an Old Valyrian one that only mates sing to one another.

・Loves giving you gifts; absolutely showers you in them.

・Caraxes is a shifty, silver-tongued character who is also a big dumbass once he's not playing into the intimidation role

・CONSTANTLY LOYAL AND WILL SQUARE UP TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE.

𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔

"Caraxes, No." (You) x "...Caraxes Yes..." (Him)

Commits crimes (Caraxes) x Accessory to crimes (You)

Tough on the Outside, Soft on the Inside Kinda (Caraxes) x The Top (You)

𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒍𝒐𝒕 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆

Challenging Social Conventions

Soulmates

Saw You, Instantly Decided You Were His.

𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒎𝒆 𝑺𝒐𝒏𝒈

The Devil & the Daughter by Daniel Pemberton

To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey

The Sails of Charon by the Scorpions

𝑁𝑆𝐹𝑊 🔞 No one under the age of 18 past this point, makes me feel weird if you read it.

・Caraxes loves to hear your moans, especially when it's his name. He wants it loud, louder, louder. Pouding into you, drunk on your body.

・Then he ends up being just as loud - and then he gets so absorbed by you that he cannot make a comprehensive sentence

・His favourite positions are the ones where you're closest.

・"Just like that, keep going. Keep going beautiful."

・Caraxes loves praise, both giving it and receiving it. He does feel lonely; he would never admit it verbally. But ends up showing it in different ways. Such as this.

𝑺𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝑻𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒆𝒔

"you're so tiny and i dont want to lose control." (Caraxes) and "idc and im gonna taunt you until you break and ruin all my holes" (You)

Breeding Kink

Cockwarming - whines when he can't be inside you. Only you've heard his whines. I swear he would kill anyone else if they heard it.

art credit: https://www.instagram.com/p/C9w5Gd2PiFM/

A/N: This is all my own headcanons and ideas, it's not canon - George hasn't released a lot about how blood magic works, or how the dragons came to be. So I'm ... taking creative liberties. If you have a different opinion then that's cool too!

[weaselle]

listen.

the problem with generative AI isn't that it exists. It's how it's being used. Just like GMOs

The same way that GMO organisms could include corn (was a grass similar to wheat before humans bred it into the corn of today, which is incapable of growing in the wild without people tending it) or sheep (zero sheep evolved into sheep in the wild, they all started as goats that humans turned into sheep through intense breeding programs)

Generative AI could include the "therapist" program that could (kind of) hold a conversation that i interacted with briefly out of curiosity in 1993, or the "gibberish machine" program that my brother used to use to write essays with when he suspected his high school teachers weren't really reading the essays they graded (this program wrote sentences that followed all the grammar rules of english, but made no actual sense when you read them)

and the same way GMO crops can be (and have been) used to do things like save entire starving countries, generative AI can be used for great things too.

The problem isn't that generative AI exists and is used, the problem is that there is no good regulatory laws for it and therefor giant immoral companies are using it in heinous ways

like iphone updates that automatically opt you in for sharing all your photos on your phone with AI learning programs that allow companies to do things we're not sure we like, such as being able to tell exactly where you are on the planet from the shadows being cast in any photo it sees. Or entertainment companies using it to undermine and topple entertainment worker unions.

Just like the problem with GMO crops isn't that they exist but what General Mills and Coke are trying to do with them, the problem with generative AI isn't that it exists but what Disney and Google are trying to do with them

And we really really need to stop having a knee-jerk reaction of "generative AI is the DEVIL" and start getting really specific about what we do and don't like about the way it's used because that's the only way we'll get the regulatory laws we need

Like even differentiating between generative and other kinds of AI seems to fall outside most people's willingness to actually think about what AI is.

Because (non generative) AI is used for things like diagnosing cancers that we can't detect in other ways, and sequencing ancient human genomes to discover how many species like neanderthal have contributed genes to our modern existence.

And even generative AI can be a great tool for all our benefit.

The issue isn't that evil AI exists and is bad.

The issue is that neutral AI exists and is so new that it's easy for big companies like Apple and Fox Entertainment to misuse it in ways we hate

And the way forward is to be specific about the ways we hate, so we can get laws in place that prevent AI from being used that way.

AI is like any other useful tool we've ever had. Just like fire, it is too useful for too many things to just hate outright, you have to be focused on things like "let's make it illegal to light other people and/or their belongings on fire" and "let's say you have to follow safety laws about when and where and how you can have a campfire" etc

It's not going away, so we'd better get focused on the controls we want as soon as possible. The longer we sit around yelling that AI is evil, the longer we go without the regulations we need, because you can't make a law that just says "AI is evil"

end rant

[ozzgin]

Hope you’re doing well! Just read your monster writer fics. I love the idea, it’s so hilarious to imagine a monster having a human kink. Beat what if the reader is also an author? And author who writes monster fucking stories! I could just imagine them working together. Helping where the other is curious/lacking knowledge. They could write a companion series where one book is the monster’s pov and the other is human pov all for the same interaction. Oh! Or what if our little human is being hired to write a very intimate book about a different breed/species of monster, how would our writer monster respond/help? Just such a fun idea to play with!

In my attempt to connect some of the stories together, I came up with the idea that the Monster Author is a frequent guest at Monster Hotel. And Reader could be working at the hotel as a way to make money on the side, because their published books aren't quite at the same level of popularity yet.

Both write monster-human smut. They have no idea about each other. The Monster Author is a scattered airhead, too absorbed by his writing to notice anything around him. He is completely oblivious to the multiple fliers and brochures advertising a human employee. He leaves manuscripts and unfinished pages all over the room, which are then sorted and cleaned by Reader, but the handwriting is too atrocious to decipher. Reader has no idea what all that paper is about.

And then, it happens. The hotel hosts a small award ceremony for creative writing, featuring old-timers and promising newcomers. The two main winners for erotic romance are Monster Author and Reader.

"We'd like to congratulate our own (Y/N), for being not only an exemplary employee, but a talented writer as well", the manager announces.

The Monster Author is mildly curious about this mysterious hobby artist. Reader climbs onto the stage, and the dots finally connect. They stare in disbelief. To think they've been folding the sheets of their favorite writer. The ancient Beast returns their shocked look. An actual human? They had an actual human under his nose, this entire time?!

He immediately begins to devour Reader's books. Fascinating. This demands a collaboration. No, a permanent partnership. Reader must quit this silly job at once, there are ideas to be uncovered and stories to be created. He insists. He would be more than glad to help Reader elaborate on monster...particularities. He can even demonstrate it himself, if Reader would only allow it.

[bestanimal]

Round 3 - Mammalia - Eulipotyphla

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

Our next mammalian order is Eulipotyphla, sometimes called the “true insectivores” (as they used to be grouped paraphyletically with some afrotherians, colugos, and treeshrews in an order called “Insectivora”). Eulipotyphla includes the families Solenodontidae (solenodons), Talpidae (“moles”), Soricidae (“shrews”), and Erinaceidae (“hedgehogs” and “gymnures.”) Yes, we have finally come to the true moles and shrews!

Eulipotyphlans resemble rodents with pointed snouts and small or reduced eyes. Scientifically, they are set apart by their lack of cecum in the large intestine. Most are terrestrial insectivores or omnivores, and they have many sharp, spike-like teeth. Some of these animals (solenodons and shrews of the genus Sorex and Blarina) emit clicking noises, the sound waves of which bounce off objects in their vicinity. This form of echolocation helps these nearly blind animals navigate as well as find food. Eulipotyphlans also have an above average sense of smell. Many have unusually high metabolic rates, and need to eat almost constantly. Eulipotyphla contains the majority of venomous mammals, the only others being the Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus), 3 species of vampire bat, and Slow Lorises (of the genera Nycticebus and Xanthonycticebus).

Eulipotyphlans are generally solitary, highly territorial animals that only tolerate each other for breeding. Only the mother raises the young. Litter size depends on species. Solenodons only have 1-2 young per litter once a year, while shrews can have 1-11 pups per litter, and can become pregnant soon after giving birth. Baby hedgehogs (called hoglets) are born with their quills covered by a protective membrane which dries and falls off several hours after birth, allowing their sharp quills to emerge.

Eulipotyphla is one of the oldest mammalian orders, having already begun to diversify in the Late Cretaceous, before the K-Pg extinction.

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Many shrews have a venomous bite. They use their venom to render invertebrate prey paralyzed, caching them for sustenance in the Winter months when food is more scarce. Their venom also allows them to take down prey their size or even larger, such as rodents and lizards. The European Mole (Talpa europaea), and possibly other species of mole, also have toxic saliva that allows them to cache paralyzed earthworms for later consumption. As an added measure, solenodons have grooves in their teeth which allow them to more effectively deliver venom. Fossil records show that some other now-extinct mammal groups also had the dental venom delivery system, indicating that solenodons’ most distinct characteristic may have been a more general ancient mammalian characteristic that has been lost in most modern mammals and is only retained in a couple of very ancient lineages.

The contents of the venom glands of one American Short-tailed Shrew (genus Blarina) are enough to kill 200 mice.

Solendons are often called "living fossils" because they have remained virtually unchanged for the past 76 million years.

The Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus) (image 4) was once thought to be extinct, due to its secretive and elusive behavior. The Hispaniolan Solenodon and the rat-like Hispaniolan Hutia (Plagiodontia aedium) live in the same habitats and are the only surviving mammals native to Hispaniola.

The Cuban Solenodon (Atopogale cubana) is endangered due to predation from invasive animals like domestic cats, domestic dogs, and the Small Indian Mongoose (Urva auropunctata) which was introduced to Cuba to control snakes and rodents. It is also threatened by deforestation as well as habitat degradation due to logging and mining. The animal can take a long time to recover because it only breeds a single litter of 1-2 young per year. Unfortunately, solenodons are not very charismatic, and very little conservation attention is given to the species.

Desmans (see gif above) are uniquely aquatic moles, though they excavate dry sleeping chambers. They have waterproof undercoats and oily guard hairs, elongated and flattened tails, and webbed paws to aid in swimming.

While the Star-nosed Mole (Condylura cristata) (image 3) is known to share its burrow, other moles are very territorial, and can engage in extraordinarily fast battles.

The Star-nosed Mole is adapted for both subterranean life and for swimming. Star-nosed Moles are able to smell underwater, accomplished by exhaling air bubbles onto objects or scent trails and then inhaling the bubbles to carry scents back into the nose.

A report in the journal Nature gives the Star-nosed Mole the title of fastest-eating mammal, taking as little as 120 milliseconds (average: 227 ms) to identify and consume individual food items. Its brain decides in approximately eight milliseconds if prey is edible or not.

The Small Japanese Mole (Mogera imaizumii) is extinct in central Tokyo, but still found on the grounds of the Imperial Palace.

The Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus) is the smallest known terrestrial mammal, with an adult body length of about 4 cm (1.6 in), excluding the tail. On average, they weigh only about 1.8 g (0.063 oz). Like other shrews, it has a very fast metabolism, eating about 1.5–2 times its own body weight per day.

In some shrew species, exposed areas of the teeth are dark red due to the presence of iron in their tooth enamel. The iron reinforces the surfaces that are exposed to the most stress, which helps prolong the life of their teeth.

Shrews are considered beneficial to humans, as they are voracious predators of many insects and rodents that humans consider pests, such as cockroaches and House Mice (Mus musculus).

Shrews do this really cute thing where the babies will each bite onto the tail of the one in front of them and all follow their mom in a line so they don’t get lost. This is called “caravanning.” I call it a Shrew-shrew Train. (I’d like to see what the people who get upset about those joint child daycare leashes think of this.)

The Dalat Gymnure (Hylomys macarong) gets its species name, macarong, from the Vietnamese word for “vampire”, Ma cà rồng. This is a reference to the animals’ prominent long fangs, specifically the first upper incisors, that distinguish mature males of this species.

Hedgehogs (subfamily Erinaceinae) are one of the many mammal groups to convergently evolve spines from hair. Unlike the quills of a porcupine, hedgehog spines do not easily detach from their bodies. However, immature hedgehog’s spines normally fall out as they are replaced with adult spines. The animal will roll into a tight spiny ball when threatened, tucking in their furry face, feet, and belly. Some light-weight desert hedgehog species with fewer spines are more likely to flee or attack, ramming an intruder with their spines, rolling up only as a last resort.

Since 2000, the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) population in Great Britain has been declining rapidly, down by 30%-75%. European Hedgehogs are common roadkill in Britain, especially during the breeding season when they are wandering for a mate.

Hedgehogs can suffer from a unique condition called balloon syndrome, in which gas is trapped under the hedgehog’s loose skin from injury or infection, causing the animal to inflate. Trying to research this syndrome can be difficult, as searching “hedgehog inflation” can often yield unintended results.

The Four-toed Hedgehog (Atelerix albiventris) (image 1) is a highly energetic predator, sometimes covering miles of ground in a single night as it forages for insects, grubs, snails, spiders, some plant matter, and even small vertebrates. It has a high tolerance for toxins and has been recorded consuming scorpions and even venomous snakes.

Hedgehogs are usually a welcome visitor to gardens, as they eat many garden pests such as beetles, slugs, and grasshoppers, and only eat a very small amount of plant matter.

Moles and hedgehogs have natural immunity against some snake venoms due to the protein erinacin in their muscles (though in such small amounts that a viper bite may still be fatal).

[reality-detective]

The Vatican: Human Trafficking Hub

The Vatican Underground- Cleared

The Dulce Base- Underground Cleared

The Area 51 Underground Base- Cleared

Orion Group ❌ (Defeated)

Ciakharr Group ❌ (Defeated)

Killy Tokurt Group ❌ (Defeated)

These are the three main factions responsible for the

The CIA is connected to the Killy Tokurt Ops. They are the one who specialize in soul scalping. This is how our government leaders were replaced. Removing the light body & soul and replacing it with a physical vessel void of any connection to source.

Sherry Shriner covered this in many videos/audios. Megan Rose spoke about this in one of her books. Corey Goode is also another source who spoke on the caste system of the Ciakharr who are the top elite in their race.

Remember when I mentioned that people were not ready once they found out who have been eating the children? Guess what was the capitol for the "Child Sex Trafficking" breeding hub?

The Vatican.

Do you remember the story or report that came out in July of 2019 where thousands of bones was unearthed in two ossuaries discovered in the Vatican City, as part of an ongoing search for clues into the disappearance of a 15-year-old girl more than three decades ago in 1983?

Do you remember the mass grave full of baby bones found along the shores of Israel's Mediterranean coast, in the ancient seaport of Ashkelon in 2014?

Do you remember An Indigenous group said the remains of as many as 751 people, mainly children, had been found in unmarked graves on the site of a former boarding school in Saskatchewan?

As a matter of fact that was a 2,300 page document that leaked that verified Pope Francis’ cover up of a Vatican Pedophile Ring. Did you know 20 Chilean Priests who went public on their connection to that very same Pedophile Ring, were killed in a plane crash right after their meeting with Pope Francis?

Back on July 20 2014 the International Common Law Court of Justice in Brussels found defendants Pope Francis Bergoglio, Catholic Jesuit Superior General Adolfo Pachon and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby guilty of rape, torture, murder and the trafficking of children. (Nothing Is Happening?)

I highly doubt it.

Two adolescent women told the ICLCJ Court that Pope Francis raped them while participating in child sacrifices during the Springs of 2009 and 2010 in rural Holland and Belgium. According to a former employee of the Curia in Rome, rapes and murders of children also took place at the Carnarvon Castle in Wales and an undisclosed French Chateau.

A Prosecutor introduced notarized affidavits by eight others claiming to witness these same crimes organized by the Vatican. Another witness testified that they were present during meetings with the then Argentine priest and Bishop Francis and the military Junta during Argentine’s 1970′s Dirty War.

According to the witness, Francis helped traffic 30,000 children of missing political prisoners into the Vatican Pedophile Ring.

Do you know why this has taken so long? If you knew how vast these underground tunnels are you would understand why certain EOs signed by D. Trump kept getting extensions.

The Military at some point will disclose the battles that went underground.

The weapons used.

The strategies used.

The entries/exits used.

The medical technology used.

The portals/gateways that were used.

You got a glimpse of this during the fight that went on underground with the Phil Schneider lectures that still can be found on YouTube about the Dulce extraterrestrial confrontation that resulted in lives being lost and him being scarred from it.

People are only looking at the human aspect of this process. They are not looking at this as governments officials serving a unknown species that want world dominion who is an entire different secret government whose base are in these DUMBS-(Deep Underground Military Bases) who control all of our 3 letter agencies who are middlemen/conduits who these covert species use to control Washington. 🤔

Julian Assange

[natequarter]

BRAXIATEL: I hear nothing other than an intelligent, well-connected student wasting her time, and mine, trying to fight the inescapable. Come on, let’s head back. I’ll tell whichever dreary Cardinal that is no-doubt waiting for us that I took you on a… field trip, and we got lost.

ROMANA I: Why?

BRAXIATEL: Why what?

ROMANA I: Why get yourself into trouble on my behalf?

BRAXIATEL: Because you remind me of... someone I used to know. Hotheaded, arrogant, self-assured… They used to call me the Icicle during my terrible time here. What do they call you?

ROMANA I: The Ice Maiden.

BRAXIATEL: [Chuckles] See? Things never change.

***

A renegade and exile from the Houses in the Pre-War era, he was part of the first generation of the Homeworld to produce renegades: indeed, he may have been spawned by the same flaws in the Houses’ breeding-engines which produced was part of the first generation of even more legendary transgressions like the Imperator Presidency and the Grandfather of House Paradox. But while the Imperator led a crusade in the name of military conquest, and the Grandfather seemed to have a rather more philosophical agenda for subverting the ruling Houses’ authority, the young War King was a bored, amoral outlaw, dedicated to his own desires above all else, meddling in the affairs of the lesser species for no other reasons than power, personal gratification and perhaps even casual amusement.

[...]

He was notorious for hiring, manipulating and seducing a variety of lesser species, many of them mercenary or megalomaniac in nature, and it’s possible that it was through his association with them that he became aware of the imminent War… the first step in his gradual (and quite legal) rise to power.

***

ROMANA: I am Romanadvoratrelundar, mortal heir to the House of Heartshaven, inheritor of the House of Dvora, and custodian of the House of Everston, and I command—!

***

In the brief period before a species loses its interest in its evolutionary surroundings, it’s relatively common for societies to be categorised as tribal, and for the ruling body to be seen as either an alpha-male among primates or as a dominant predator among lesser animals. While for the Great Houses such ideas have mostly been forgotten, a number still cling, oddly, to House Dvora: the House of Devouring Hounds.

This isn’t a metaphor for a House at the top of the food chain, a rare, vicious, rampaging beast. It’s an emblem of controlled, concerted, voracious power. Neither gauche nor hide-bound, the members of House Dvora look out across the landscape of the Homeworld from the comfortable position of an established pack predator. They are not careless. They are sombre, they are sane, they are pre-eminently practical. What they grip, they hold. When not deployed in the field their personas are icy, untouchable and ironic, but they can when necessary adopt any passion.

It’s not surprising, then, that it may be the House which exercises the greatest real power.

***

ROMANA: I am aware that my policies have not been entirely favourable with you all, but Gallifrey must not fall back on itself and become insular. We have the greatest knowledge of time in this part of the galaxy, and we must not be seen to create a monopoly. That only isolates us from those cultures who are capable of using time responsibly. So, I will not step down as President, despite these deaths, despite the opposition to my ideologies, because that is a regressive step for Gallifrey. We cannot linger in our past or, regardless of how much we know, time will overtake us. [...] I have thought about this long and hard, and to me, it seems the only way forward. As is my right, as is stated as ancient edict in the Book of the Old Time, I, Romanadvoratrelundar, claim the title of Imperiatrix of Gallifrey and declare my rule as such to begin immediately.

DARKEL: [Laughing] You cannot claim yourself Imperiatrix. It is a legend from the Old Time, nothing more. There’s no legality upheld in that title! Will you, the High Council of Gallifrey, ratify this? The ramblings of a woman mad for power? Her very bloodline desires war!

***

The Great Houses have, according to their own doctrine, observed and maintained the meta-structure of history for ten million years: a number so round that many feel it must have been picked by the Houses out of thin air, a purely arbitrary figure chosen just to suggest “a very long time”. True or not, it’s unquestionable that for aeons before the War the Houses themselves existed in a state of almost total stasis. There was no natural reproduction on the Homeworld; no death, other than the slowest, greyest and least spectacular kind; no argument, no injustice, no progress and very little actual culture. And yet around a millennium before the War began, tiny imperfections began to appear in the great status quo, defects in Homeworld society which would eventually culminate in the War itself. How did this happen?

[...]

Things took a startling turn for the worse around three hundred years later, during the cataclysmic Imperator Presidency, the first shockingly direct contact with the outside universe in living memory. House Dvora was a House of respect, its bloodline one of the cornerstones of the ruling six, and yet this seemingly reasonable bloodline had produced Imperator: the brutal, mono-maniacal God-Emperor who tore through the polite barriers between the Homeworld and the rest of history to lead a realpolitik crusade into the outside universe. He demanded involvement in the affairs of the lesser species; he demanded a pre-emptive re-forming of the Spiral Politic; he demanded that the Protocols should be ripped from the Homeworld, and that history should be adapted to suit the Houses’ own needs, particularly (it was implied) the needs of House Dvora. He actively recruited from the lesser species, not actually welcoming them into his bloodline but using them as extensions of his will, playing on their expectations that the rulers of the Houses would be inscrutable, unstoppable Gods. That he developed a cult of personality around himself wasn’t as shocking as the fact that he had such a personality.

***

WYNTER: That cannot happen. Our job goes back aeons. To change the role, to dispense with it, would take change in the law.

NARVIN: Of course. And with Braxiatel, Lebine, and the rest of the Council in her pocket, getting laws changed would be... oh, about as difficult as changing the oldest law about allowing aliens into the Academy. Think on that, Wynter.

[copperbora]

Despite being still fairly feral at thirteen years strong, my boy Casper the orange tabby floof displays multiple traits of domestication: bold white markings, long exquisitely soft hair, and an orange coat which would only ever rarely ever occur in the wild. Also, allergies.

There Was Another Domestic Cat!

I hate that I'm only now in 2024 learning about this rad 2016 cat science find (frustrating that it wasn't more publicized,); there's evidence in China that there was once a second species of domestic cat, Prionailurus bengalensis, or the Asian Leopard Cat. Fellow cat nerds will recognize that this is the same wild species that was hybridized with the domestic cat to produce the famously active and beautiful breed known as the bengal cat, however these ancient domestic cats evidenced in the study share no relation to the modern bengal. Modern domestic cats notably descend from the African wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica.)

The evidence of the domesticated version of the Asian Leopard cat is primarily wear patterns on teeth still connected to jaw bones found in China which do not show up in fully wild kitties. This basically means that these domestic cats were eating a diet which their wild brethren do not consume.

To me, the idea of a second ancient species of domestic cat is extremely intriguing and I will most definitely need to draw a concept if what these cats would have looked like with the calling card bold white markings and other domestic traits which inevitably appear in domesticated animals, as shown in the Russian Silver Fox Project which eventually produced completely domesticated foxes. It would also be very interesting scientifically to see the full ancient domestication of the Asian Leopard Cat reproduced although with thousands of modern domestic kitties in need of homes this experiment is likely never going to happen (which is for the better with so many far more suitable modern purr machines available for adoption.)

Domestication of modern domestic cats (Felis silvestris catus/Felis catus) likely took place on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus some 10,800 years ago with the cats quickly spreading to Egypt and China where they became beloved fixtures of temples, homes and palaces. Today thanks to artificial selection these kitties exist in miriad beautiful breeds and coat patterns but more importantly, modern kitties are noble, affectionate, and extremely social companions of the educated, responsible human household.

My three year old blue tuxedo cat Keplar, who spends his days playing, following me around everywhere that he can (getting very frustrated when he cannot,) chatting with me, and snuggling with his thirteen year old unrelated fluffy orange tabby brother, Casper. With a dilute gene turningwhat would've been a melanistic coat grey and bold white markings which are found only in domesticated animals, Keplar is an excellent representative of the modern domestic cat.

[gaykarstaagforever]

I just had a wild idea about Trek. And it's probably one other people have already had. But I'm antisocial so if this is an established facet of the fandom, I am not aware of it.

Humans in Trek are more progressive to an apparent biological degree, right? So things like bigotry and greed and sexual hang-ups are stuff from their ancient past. But the shows are intended for us primitive 20th / 21st century chuds. So they don't show us a lot of stuff, because even as contemporary progressives, we aren't going to be able to handle a lot of this transcendent post-WWIII Enlightenment stuff, especially as it applies to sex and romance and gender. Also, they've cured or can effectively treat most / all traditional Earth diseases. And no doubt also have virtually side effect-free, totally effective birth control, and no gendered cultural issues about both sexes using it (or people getting abortions if all else fails. Or maybe even beaming the fetal cells out of a womb and into an artificial one, if someone wants to adopt it.)

You may have already guessed where I'm going with this.

What if these people are fucking like bonobos, all the time, and we just don't see it? What if that's our unique Earth-species thing, that we're the big-brained casual sex monkeys? What if that's what we're known for, as a member of the Federation?

Like, the crew gets off shift and immediately gets naked, and everyone is doing everyone. And because they separate sex from romance, it has zero weird impact on their working relationships. Like, it's just exercise, maybe a team-building thing?

Like, Kirk is off duty at the same time as MCoy and Chekov, and they casually meet up and everyone gets everyone off. And it means basically nothing after they go back to quarters. And maybe the reason McCoy is so hostile to Spock all the time is because the Vulcans, with their repressed emotions thing and breeding cycle, don't do sex like this. So McCoy is constantly sexually tense with him, because so far, Spock won't engage with the standard crew ass-play. And Kirk is nicer about it, just quietly waiting him out, hoping some day to win him over.

Like, it's the equivalent of the poker game in TNG. Orgies are just another thing everyone does. Love and romance are separate, and they still take those seriously, and some people are straight and emotionally monogamous and bad at that aspect. But that's a totally separate thing.

Like, both Barclay and Geordi are getting laid 8 times a week on the Enterprise, they're just bad at romance and creep everyone out. Both Crusher and Troi have eagerly fucked Barclay tons of times, but would never "date" him, and he wishes they would and does the fantasy holodeck stuff.

Picard and Crusher go at it non-stop. But emotionally, they aren't sure if they want to love eachother.

Riker, perhaps a more prolific sex-haver, has had sex with literally everyone on the ship. Except maybe Worf, because Klingons are still conservative about all this? And Data, who has the same issue with free sex that he has with emotions in general. Riker only falls for the Minuet hologram specifically because she's not a usual wet hole, it's different and interesting to him at this point. But he and Troi being in love is a totally sequestered thing from all this sex. She's also fucking tons of people.

DS9 gets interesting, because so many of them are aliens who no doubt have different ways of doing sex. But the Bajorans seem very humanlike, so maybe Sisko and Kira both had sex with Winn when she first arrived. And the Trill seem pretty open, so Dax is probably like Riker and has made the rounds. The romance part is still the big thing they all have to sort out, which is all we see, which is why it comes across as 1940s morality to us.

...Obviously the Ferengi are sexist, so they're probably pretty repressed. Or maybe their "men" just pay eachother for sex all the time? They don't show us this, so it's possible.

OBVIOUSLY CHILDREN ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THIS. And they have careful moral rules about emotional age differences. So Wesley and Nog and Jake are out of this loop, unless it's with people their own age, or they turn 22 and can handle this. And that's why Jake's dating situation that time was exceptional.

This is fun to think about, how these people may inhabit a day-to-day world we have never seen, just like how they apparently interact with crazy non-humanoid aliens all the time that the shows largely haven't shown us

...And what kind of sex toys and techniques do these people have, given their technology? The kinky things you can do with transporters and replicators and holograms... It gives Quark's holosuites a dimension we cannot even fathom.

I naturally assume the Cardassians are basically 1950s humans about sex. That genocidal imperial impulse probably partly comes from them not being allowed to have crazy skull-faced monster men sex with their bros.

I don't know about Klingons. Their sex is physically dangerous. They're probably a bit more picky about who they let break their ribs. But the pain of that is also probably necessary to them getting off, and maybe a Klingon blood-brother is a guy you have been inside / has been inside you. A good bonding experience.

[petterwass]

Ho'olheyak really is quite the tragic figure once you read her file, isn't she?

For all her being very funny and her inexhaustible Bug Bunny energy, she really has been through so much, forced into a generations-long project that she never asked for, as a mere infant.

Is a small baby she was subjected to some sort of horrible brain surgery that forced the entirety of her species history into her brain and drastically cut down her lifespan, which is implied to be both very traumatic (only a infant could possibly survive it because once a child is old enough to have a sence of "self" it would have been completely obliterated along with their mind) and with incredibly high mortality (As Warfarin puts it: "I don't want to ask her how, many siblings she *had*).

All to force her to continue her family's generations-long project to restore the bloodline powers of the ancient ku'kul'kan.

While she maintains that the brain surgery does not in any force her to do this, she could if she wanted to, drop the entire thing. But I wonder how true that is.

After all, the sunk cost fallacy is real, and once you've already paid with half of your life, what choice is there really but to continue the work? To to otherwise would be to say that the price you paid was not worth it. That the price your mother paid, and her mother before her, going back hundreds if not thousands of years, was not worth it. That the goal they worked towards is not worth trying to achieve. That the sacrifice that was forced upon you has no meaning.

Which child, implanted with scenes of your people's lost grandeur and raised from birth for this single mission, could really say that they are doing it of their own free will? That they had a choice, when they were selected to pay the price for it even before they were born?

One wonders also, how this has created the Ho'olheyak we know. How different would she be if she did not have her people's history rattling around in her brain since before she could talk?

It also explains in a way, her wanting up always work alone. After all, who else could understand the importance of her mission, how everything and everyone can be sacrificed on its altar if need be, than the one who has already paid the highest price for it, and who can literally feel the wingsbeats of ancient ku'kul'kan in her mind? Who else could ever understand.

And that's not getting into her equipment, how each part of the gear she carries is intended to mimic a trait of the mythical Ku'kul'kan, how this burden she carries is literally too heavy to bear without using her arts to lighten it (her exoskeleton alone weighs over 90 kilograms. Without using her arts to lighten it, she would not be able to move). How perhaps the burden of reviving a extinct bloodline would be too much to bear for any human, except perhaps, one created for that express purpose with Arts and brain surgery, to be the perfect, or indeed, the only possible banner-bearer that could endure the weight of generations of sacrifice towards a single cause? Maybe I'm reading up much into it but the parallels are there.

And in the end, soon enough, as her drastically shortened lifespan runs out. She will breed, likely several times to endure she has backup infants (and isn't that a cold-blooded thought? "the first one might not survive, better make more") . And she will subject her infants to the same horribly invasive and lethal brain surgery as was done to her. Until one of them survives. And that one will carry on the project. That one surviving baby will bear the torch. Will burn their life from both ends.

Of her own free will.

You can probably draw a lot of interesting parallels here. Both to the greatness of multi-generational work: "I plant a tree so my grandchildren can sit in the shade", but also to continuing cycles of abuse: "This, was done to me. I will do it to my children in turn. And they to their children. And the one that survived will carry on the torch."

I don't know. I just think she's incredibly fascinating and interesting once you get beyond the first, obvious outer layer of Sexy Fucked Up Evil Snake Woman.

There's really a lot there. And I love her. She is so very much more fucked up than you initially think she is.

[ink-and-limbi-specialist]

Hi, so, I’m stressed out. Every Limbi blog I’ve reached out to has either ghosted me or been unable to tell me what this thing is. It’s been following me for I don’t know how long. It’s finally figured out how to get into my house. Last night I found it curled up with my cat. Can you please please please tell me what this is and if it’s safe to handle. Thank you.

Oh man, you’ve certainly come to the right place, let’s take a closer look at this little one….

First things off, that’s definitely a Sinclair, or mostly is anyways. If you take a look at the back of their head in this picture, you’ll notice their unique fur texture that can give that away!! This stand-out fluff is typically rather obvious no matter hair length and grows back the same even if they’re given a choppy haircut, fun fact.

Now, for the much more interesting part… this individual bears remarkable similarities to “white moon” limbis. Which…. Ok, do you mind if I hijack your ask for a second to talk about the white moon species? They’re a bit too fascinating to me. Thanks in advance.

Ok so! White Moon Limbis. (Also known as Baris, but thats a nickname coming from a specific individual in an ancient myth). There are undeniable records not only of white moons existing, but of previous common domestic ownership due to our behavioral knowledge on them. In modern day however, white moons most likely exist in solitary, frequently nomadic populations that make them VERY elusive. Like, the last record of white moon ownership in my district goes nearly a century or two back, that’s how elusive. This is a good thing for the ecosystem, as while white moons make perfectly fine pets, they’re also notably apex predators. This is however a bad thing for us, as much information about their species continues to be unknown.

Ahem.

Rant sorta over? We’re getting back to talking about your guy now, at least. Anyways, there’s two options I could see for what’s going on here:

1: This is a new, undiscovered breed of Sinclair performing species mimicry. We see this in a couple breeds, most notably the bloodfiend varieties of Rodions, Outises and Gregors, as they’re mimicking other varieties of bloodfiend limbis. I’m gonna be honest though, I have no fucking clue what ecological niche would require sinclairs to adapt white moon traits, so hopefully this guy isn’t some escaped lab experiment.

2: This is a mixed species limbi that is mostly Sinclair with some white moon. This seems more likely but mixes tend not to happen in the wild either so this is very strange to see…

Either way you’ve got a fascinating little one on your hands. Most prevailing cases of modern white moon ownership has been shown to be due to a behavioral quirk where white moons will choose a singular individual to bond very strongly with. Considering you’ve recorded it following you and breaking into your house, this Sinclair is definitely displaying the same behavior. To put it bluntly, this may be something you’ll have to deal with for life. All records of white moons I’m aware of record them outliving their owners and returning to the wild right after they pass, so we have no clue what their estimated life expectancy is.

Now I know that sounds intimidating, but I actually have to recommend you let this thing inside your home and treat them akin to an inside cat. White Moons are incredibly efficient hunters, but they also practice docile behavior where they will only mirror aggressive motions, rarely initiating them. They’re also known for having little perception of size, as they show zero fear to much bigger animals. So as long as you don’t actively threaten or attack them, everything should be ok for you.

HOWEVER. A white moon left to follow you outside will practice its usual hunting habits without any nomadic activity, and likely damage your local ecosystem. So try to keep them inside and keep them well fed… or you could just call animal control, but it may just find its way back to you regardless. If the Sinclair starts to behave unlike a white moon, try some Sinclair care guides, and if those don’t fit the behavior either, call a vet.

[galvanizedfriend]

Fic: The Unexpected Grace of Falling Apart

Summary: AH/AU. It's Tyler's wedding weekend and Caroline is back in Mystic Falls for the first time after the most traumatic and depressing year of her life. And it's about to get even worse as she's made to share breathing space with Klaus, The Worst Guy Ever. Except they might have to join forces to save the wedding, and to the discovery that things might not be what the seem. As Caroline teeters on the edge of a breakdown she'd been trying very hard to conceal, an unexpected savior appears to help her through the haze.

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About a year ago, Caroline met the worst guy ever.

No, really. The Worst.

Men are, as a general rule, pigs. If women were to make in-depth pro-versus-cons evaluations of every guy they met before deciding on whether to hook up with them or not - well. Let's just say the perpetuation of the human species would be in serious jeopardy.

There's only a handful of guys out there of a certain age, still single, who are really worth any woman's time, and Caroline hasn't had the pleasure of meeting many representatives of that rare, dying breed. Those are the real-life unicorns.

It doesn't help that Caroline seems to be a walking magnet for the dudebro kind. She doesn't know what it is about her that gets them to crawl out of sewers and holes in hell to greet her with their Hey there, gorgeous or Have I died and gone to heaven?s whenever she walks into a bar. It's probably the blonde hair. Men tend to get friskier around blonde women for some ancient misogynistic reason.

There have been moments in her life where her faith in the male half of humanity was so deeply shaken that she even - God forbid her - considered going a few shades darker. She's a natural blonde, though, and it takes her hours (and a small fortune) every few months at her colorist's chair to achieve that perfect sweet spot between kissed by sunshine and blessed by the angels for her to commit that crime against herself. Caroline's hair is the one part of her life that has remained absolutely flawless even when everything else around her has fallen apart, including her mental health and self-esteem. She refuses to dye it just because men can't bother to put some honest effort into updating their lame pick-up lines and yet, somehow, still expect her to have sex with them.

And the sad truth is, catch her on a bad night, and she just might. Horny melancholy is where a woman’s dignity goes to die.

It's exhausting to be a twenty-something woman in the XXI century. There's the pressure of making it in this godforsaken world as an adult, there's the pressure from society's understanding that a woman of her age should be looking for serious commitment with marriage in sight, and then there's also the pressure that stems from the very human needs of her hormonal body. It's a jungle out there.

Things would be so much easier if she didn't need men at all, not even for the specific parts of their anatomy that appeal to her. She really hopes next life brings her back as anything other than straight.

In the meantime, in this lifetime... The Worst Guy.

Caroline has met her fair share of jerks and idiots of all shapes and colors, so it takes something really special to shock her. As a seasoned woman in the woes of the dating market, she can 100% state that this guy is no ordinary asshole. This is a king among douchebags. And that's not just her personal opinion; she has shared the evidence with all her friends, and the friends of her friends, and all the women at her work, and even some random people at powder rooms at bars and parties. Basically, every woman in New York's grapevine who was willing to listen.

The collective response to her tale is always a disgusted gag sound, followed by Please, tell me you punched that son of a bitch or Did you gouge his eyes out with a hot poker?

If you discount abusive, aggressive and violent men, who are criminals and not in the same category as everyday lame-ass men, he really is The Worst.

Caroline doesn't like to say she's not over it yet because it implies bestowing a level of importance to His Royal Dickshness that is not merited. The guy was a friend of a friend - her best friend, yes, but still only a notch above a complete stranger. She’d known him for less than a week and, technically, they did no more than make out for a little bit, so it's not like they had any kind of relationship going on. He's not important, just some guy who did something astoundingly douchebaggy, even by someone whose standards are sadly low.

The whole incident was bound to go down as a funny anecdote to be shared among friends, a Oh, you think you've had the worst hook-up ever? Hold my beer kind of story. Provided, of course, that she never had to see him ever and could just wipe him out of her life and memory for good. Given that they live in different time zones, it shouldn't be too much of a hassle.

That is precisely why Caroline is livid when she emerges from the arrivals area at Richmond airport to find Douchebag, in the flesh - sunglasses indoors and all, like the proper jerk that he is - holding up a sign that reads Clarisse.

Read the full story here

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For four years, this was known as Random Fic, and so if you have been following me here, you might have heard me whine about it at some point. I've just decided on the title ten minutes ago. lol I can't believe this is finally done!

Thank you @definedareasofuncertainty for hearing me talk about this for almost as long as you've known me and never telling me to shut up.

As always, your kudos, comments and reblogs mean the world and have been feeding my fic-writing soul for four years so that I could get a grip and round this up. ❤️ Ty and if you read it, hope you enjoy it!

[the1entirecircus]

Pokemon Jurassic Park: Isla Nublar-1993

The Pokemon world's version of the iconic Jurassic Park Island is relatively the same compared to its movie counterpart. But to make up for its inhabitants, the island has a few select changes.

Isla Nublar: An Island not too far away from the Alola Region, Isla Nublar holds many of the same features as the islands of the region. Because of this, certain Alolan forms can be found on this Island.

But after Jurassic Park's construction and the release of many fossil pokemon, the island has gone through many environmental changes.

Pokemon Jurassic Park:

Located on Isla Nublar is Pokemon Jurassic Park, a wildlife reserve thats restoring fossil pokemon. Of course, in order to make sure that the park is safe for guests and that nothing goes wrong,

Male fossils only- Through the use of infinity energy, fossils of ancient pokemon can be restored. But during the process of restoration, Pokemon Jurassic Park scientists manipulate the DNA of the fossil pokemon by adding an extra y chromosome to make the fossil pokemon all biologically male to prevent in-park breeding. This of course is meant to reflect the gender ratio of fossil pokemon being primarily male than female. And if you can recall, they're not 100% male, so some mistakes on the scientists behalf were made. But why male pokemon and not female pokemon? Well, while male pokemon can reproduce with other pokemon, its only the female pokemon that can lay the egg that will hatch into the female pokemon's species.

Energized Fences- Because not every fossil pokemon resists the same thing, fences were put in place that conducts a certain energy relating to a pokemon's weakness. This energy is controlled through the park's energy reserves and is created through tera crystals imported from Paldea. The only flaw in these fences is that they can only be one type of energy. This energy does pack quite the punch on regular people too, so warning signs are put in place.

The Wild Fossil Zone:

After landing in the Jurassic Park, oncoming visitors will pass by the Herbivore Zone witnessing their first look at the local restored fossil pokemon.

The Wild Fossil Zone Pokedex:

Babechy & Babechiospire- One of the first fossil pokemon seen, Ba

Saurnote & Saurnnet

Amaura & Aurorus- Amaura & Aurorus struggle to live in this environment due to it not being freezingly cold. They try their best to stick to the shade, with Aurorus helping Amaura keep cool.

Omanyte & Omastar- They primarily live in the lake that exists in the middle of this area. Although Omastar will come out to grapple prey. They're relatively harmless compared to the rest

Lileep & Cradily- They live alongside Omanyte & Omastar in the lake

Pikipek, Trumbeak, & Toucannon

Alolan Rattata & Alolan Raticate

Yungoos & Gumshoos

Caterpie, Metapod, & Butterfree

Spinarak & Ariados

Pichu, Pikachu, & Alolan Raichu

Grubbin, Charjabug, & Vikavolt

Bonsly & Sudowoodo

Happiny, Chansey, & Blissey

Exeggcute & Alolan Exeggutor

Pinsir

Eevee & its evolutions

Surskit & Masquerain

Dewpider & Araquinid

Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath & Politoed

Magikarp & Gyarados

Goldeen & Seaking

Pokemon Jurassic Park Visitor Center:

This the visitor center is where the magic of Pokemon Jurassic Park happens. Not only is it a place to dine and look at fossils of certain pokemon, but you can even see the fossil pokemon being restored by Pokemon Jurassic Park scientists.

In the visitor center, you can even purchase merchandise as well as the exclusive, Pokemon Jurassic Park Ball. This pokeball is equipped with the technology to capture wild pokemon, but is particularly well adapted to capturing Fossil Pokemon

But nearby the visitor center is the Dynicheops Paddock. Inside, Eight Dynicheops inhabit that place and are not meant to be seen or for capture. But there are other pokemon seen in this area too. One particularly large Dynicheops, nicknamed "The Big One" seems to not only be the leader of these pokemon, but an Alpha Pokemon in general.

Visitor Center Pokedex:

Magnemite, Magneton, & Magnezone

Trubbish & Garbodor

Alolan Grimer & Alolan Muk

Ditto

Porygon, Porygon2, Porygon-Z

Miltank- This pokemon is kept in a farm area on the island to help feed the pack of Dynicheops

Skiddo & Gogoat- This pokemon is also kept in a farm area to help feed other carnivorous pokemon

Elekid, Electabuzz, & Electivire

Klefki

Ekans & Arbok

Dunsparce

Spinarak&Ariados

Pichu, Pikachu, & Raichu

Mareep, Flaaffy, & Ampharos

Alolan Rattata & Alolan Raticate

Yungoos & Gumshoos

The Tour:

The Pokemon Jurassic Park Tour is a ride that allows you to experience and see certain pokemon that would unaccessible to as they are dangerous in some way.

Here are those Pokemon:

Tyrunt & Tyrantrum- Due to the sheer strength of its jaws, one Tyrunt and one Tyrantrum are kept behind an energized fence and is restricted from capture.

Cranidos & Rampardos- While their diet mainly consists of grass-type pokemon like Oddish, Exeggcute and Petilil, a group of Cranidos & Rampardos are kept behind an Energized fence to keep them from smashing the cars and eating the guests.

Delupho & Dilodelic- Due to its madness inducing psychic powers, Delupho & Dilodelic are kept in their own sanctuary. The glass of the tour vehicles are made of a special material which prevents this psychic powers from affecting the guests. An energized fence keeps them behind the doors.

But there are stops where visitors can leave their car and interact with nearby pokemon to capture.

The Tour Pokedex:

Gallember & Tramflamus- Found running together in the more open fieldlands, Gallember & Tramflamus are under near-constant surveilance due to their feet making everything catch on fire.

Cerapike & Joustops- A small population of Cerapike & Joustops exist in this place. They often get sick due to ingesting the lilac berries accidentally while gathering gizzard stones.

Shieldon & Bastiodon- They enjoy the more forested areas and so they've localized here.

Babechy & Babechiospire- Enjoying the forest as much as they enjoy open lands, Babechy & Babechiospire exist here. Although they're often at odds with Amaura & Aurorus.

Amaura & Aurorus- Because of the intense shade of this place's more forested area, Amaura & Aurorus survive the best here. However, they're surviving and not thriving due to the negligence of Pokemon Jurassic Park's researchers.

Dynichen & Dynicheops- While rare, some Dynichen & Dynicheops exist here that escaped from previous attempts.

Phantump & Trevenant- Its believed that the Phantump that exist in the woods because of the past settlers that once lived on the island.

Exeggcute & Alolan Exeggutor

Bounsweet, Steenee, Tsareena

Fomantis & Lurantis

Morelull & Shiinotic

Mankey & Primeape

Grubbin, Charjabug, & Vikavolt

Bonsly & Sudowoodo

Happiny, Chansey, & Blissey

Munchlax & Snorlax

Paras & Parasect

Oddish, Gloom, Vileplime & Bellossom

The Aviary:

An isolated aviary away from the tour and only accesible through a dirt road. This aviary contains only a few restored species that are not available for the public. The entire aviary is concealed in an energized fence of electric type energy which keeps the pokemon contained. However, the environment inside this aviary is incredibly unstable.

The Aviary Pokedex:

Aerodactyl- A sizeable population of Aerodactyl inhabit this area. However, due to Pokemon Jurassic Park's scientists not knowing that Aerodactyl was a solitary apex predator of the skies, these pokemon are constantly fighting each other over food and scraps.

Archen & Archeops- A pack of Archen & Archeops exist in this area. They try their best to avoid fights with the local Aerodactyl and primarily prey on.

Kabuto & Kabutops

Omanyte & Omastar

Anorith & Armaldo

Tirtouga & Carracosta

Relicanth

Magikarp & Gyarados.

Finneon & Lumineon

Feebas & Milotic

Goomy, Sliggo, & Goodra- A small population of Goomy exists on the island. However, due to constantly being preyed on Aerodactyl and other carnivorous pokemon, none have been able to evolve.

Mount Sibo:

While not directly accesible by any means aside from cars, this place still has an ecosystem.

Mount Sibo Pokedex:

Dynichen & Dynicheops- A group of wild Dynichen & Dynicheops from a previous batch are located here.

Larvitar, Pupitar, & Tyranitar

Salandit & Salazzle

Cubone & Alolan Marowak

Alolan Geodude, Alolan Graveler, & Alolan Golem

Alolan Diglett & Alolan Dugtrio

Roggenrola, Boldore, & Gigalith

Carbink

Sabeleye

Mawile

Magby, Magmar, & Magmortar

Kangaskhan

Fletchling, Fletchinder, Talonflame

The Docks:

While not a prominent place with fossil pokemon, an ecosystem does thrive in this particular area.

The Docks Pokedex:

Wimpod & Golissopod

Wingull & Pelipper

Slowpoke, Slowbro & Slowking

Crabrawler & Crabominable

Magikarp & Gyarados

Goomy, Sliggoo, Goodra

Castform

Sandygast & Pallosand

Shellos & Gastrodon

Dhelmise

Carvanha & Sharpedo

Skrelp & Dragalge

Clauncher & Clawitzer

[kariachi]

Bovid Pokemon Headcanons

Even in the wild Miltank are known for issues with hoof overgrowth, especially at young ages. Their learning of the move Rollout so young alongside their rambunctious natures means they often find themselves moving more via rolling than walking, and their propensity for bipedal stances leads to lessened wear on their forehooves. To manage this, wild Miltank have evolved over time to seek out stony areas when they struggle with walking, within which they'll rampage with as much vigor as their distant cousins Tauros and Bouffalant. Though it's recommended farmers provide stone or concrete pads for this purpose themselves, just in case, more important for Miltank owners is keeping careful track of their pokemon's hooves, as these natural behaviors can worsen other hoof problems.

Though often found in the same areas most farmers don't breed their Miltank to Tauros. Instead popular matches include Quagsire, Gogoat, Stoutland, and Mudsdale, chosen most often to promote calmer natures.

While Miltank and Tauros are related, this is a more distant connection than often assumed. The ancestors of modern Miltank split away from the evolutionary path that would lead to Tauros long, long ago, even before what would become the Dubwool and Gogoat lines split off. Tauros is actually closest related to Bouffalant out of known extant pokemon.

Where the Ampharos line falls in all this is hotly debated to this day. Popular theories include- 1) That the line split off prior to Miltank, representing a more basal form of the whole family. 2) That it split apart with Dubwool and Gogoat, then split from them prior to them splitting from each other. 3) Ampharos are actually the closest living relatives to Miltank, splitting off from them post their split from the rest of the family.

More fringe theories remove Ampharos from the family entirely, claiming it might be the closest surviving relative of the Hydreigon line, while a similar fringe theory classes it as the only extant member of a theorized ancient Electric/Dragon lineage. Believers claim the recent discovery of what some consider an ancient ancestor to Raikou supports this theory, but no accredited sources have yet backed this claim.

Whimsicott, despite what some believe, are not actually related to any of the above. The latest evidence suggests their nearest relatives are the Wigglytuff line of all pokemon, despite them having historically been placed alongside the Lilligant line.

Most Tauros in captivity are shod, as their high activity lives as work or battling pokemon wear down their hooves more quickly than they would in the wild. Blaze Breed Tauros have softer hooves than other Tauros and so are more prone to bruising, though for the same reason less prone to cracks in their hoof wall. Aqua Breed are known to have the fewest hoof problems out of the species.

Female Tauros, rarely seen in captivity due to their high levels of aggression even compared to male Tauros, are visually distinct from the males, being notably larger, with a thicker layer of fat and their forehead beads expanded into proper plates. Wild Tauros herds are often led by the females as a result.

Owners are recommended to get their Tauros and Bouffalant's hooves checked once a month, as these pokemon's aggression leads to a higher risk of damage. Miltank and Dubwool can go up to two months if watched and with low activity, while Gogoat can go as long as six months between checks (though Gogoat used for transportation are suggested to be shod and checked more frequently). Owners of Ampharos are suggested to get them checked at least once a year.

In an amusing coincidence, while Tauros and Gogoat both determine hierarchy within their herds head-to-head combat, Bouffalant and Dubwool both determine social status by fur thickness. In fact, outside of trainer battles one will rarely see members of these species fighting amongst themselves.

Tauros, Bouffalant, Dubwool, and Gogoat all will lose their hair when under heightened stress, though Bouffalant seem to be the most susceptible of the four. This is currently thought, though not proven, to be a holdover from an common ancestor who, like the Ampharos line, lost it's fur as it evolved.

Bouffalant are believed to play an important role in building and maintaining their grassland and forest environments, as their constant headbutting of their surroundings- done seemingly to mark their territory via the loud sound of their horns making impact- clears weak and dead trees from woodlands and stymies tree growth in grasslands.

The most common cause of Pokemon Center visits in Bouffalant calves is concussions from hitting targets their thin young manes can't shield against. Their amazing ability to recover from these injuries is currently being studied.

Skiddo make the top ten most commonly kept pokemon in rural areas due to their ease of care, calm and affectionate dispositions, and usefulness in milk production. Gogoat, meanwhile, aren't included in their placement due to being kept more often as a work or produce pokemon than as a pet like Skiddo can be found. In fact, in the Kalos region, Skiddo are the second most popular pet pokemon after Snubbull.

Though commonly thought of as unintelligent, Dubwool have been proven to have truly exceptional memories. For example, in a study released eight years ago twenty-six out of thirty Dubwool were found not only to recognize at least one individual they had met for approximately fifteen minutes over a decade before but to remember whether their interaction had been a positive or negative one.

Between the commonality of Thievul in their native range and their high sociality, Dubwool nest in large groups and brood over their eggs, laying low overtop of them so they can be shielded with their wool. In herds where the leader is female, the entire population can be found during nesting season forming what appears to be a solid field of wool laid out on the ground. As a result of this behavior, Wooloo eggs have been found to have the highest tolerance for heat out of any non-fire- or rock-type pokemon line.

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The Week 1 roundup can be found here.

Week 3 commences posting 14th October.

Day 5

Title: positions of love Creator: ??? Prompt: 2020-32 - Someone of your choice is producing a gay wizarding version of the kama sutra and needs to hire two wizards to model each position for the illustrations. Harry and Severus are the ones who get the job. Rating: Explicit Word Count: Artwork Summary: A few pages of a gay wizarding version of the kama sutra, starring Severus and Harry

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Title: Deceit and Debauchery Creator: ??? Prompt: 2024-37 Regency AU, would love if it's Bridgerton inspired. Maybe Kanthony? (unfortunately I don’t know Bridgerton that well but I hope this regency smut fest will suffice). Rating: Explicit Word Count: 13.8k Summary: Severus' curiosity as to who Tracey Davis is going to try to entrap into marriage pays off when he see's that it is none other than Harry Potter. He knows he has the chance to save his friends son from what will certainly be a disastrous marriage but what will be Severus' rewards for his efforts?

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Day 6

Title: She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not Creator: ??? Prompt: N/a Rating: Explicit Word Count: 11.8k Summary: There's an outbreak of Hanahaki, and Curse Breaker Hyacinth Potter is brought onto the case, to work closely with the Aurors and Unspeakable Sulpicia Snape. Snape doesn't have a romantic bone in her body, and Hyacinth is happily in love with Ginny Weasley. They have nothing to worry about...right?

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Day 7

Title: Saving Magic Creator: ??? Prompt: 2024-170 Time travel (how is up to you). Harry and Severus are now in the same year in Hogwarts. What year? What happens?Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Word Count: 6.5k Summary: "What do you want now, Zir?" Harry asked cautiously.

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Title: Mating for Life - Breeding Season in the Highlands of Scotland Creator: ??? Prompt: N/a Rating: Explicit Word Count: 3.3k Summary: “Among the ruins of an ancient castle in the Highlands of Scotland lives a human species like no other.“

Dudley watches a very educational documentary out of boredom.

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Day 8

Title: Flutter Creator: ??? Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape Prompt: 2024-76 Apartment Life Harry's been warned to steer clear of the 24th floor. Curiosity got the better of him and Harry checks it out. Its deserted except for apartment 2444. Harry notices signs of life—a faint light under the door, soft sounds of movement. Rating: Explicit Word Count: 30.2k Summary: He said uselessly, "Sev, don't go." "I'm s-sorry-" Harry cupped Severus' face and gazed into his eyes. His eyes were dark brown, almost black, sad, raven, mine. "These stay the same," Severus said. "Remember that when you look at me. Remember, it's me.”

Flutter does my heart, When you ask me to stay. I want to live in the moment But the past keeps me a prey.

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Day 9

Title: Fate's Blind Date Creator: ??? Prompt: 2024-58 - Harry gets stood up but sees Severus walking along the street and invites him out instead. Rating: Explicit Word Count: 29.8k Summary: When Severus indulges himself with a walk along the West End after work, the last thing he imagines is that he will get invited to a show by a gorgeous young man. Things only get more astounding after that when their casual meeting evolves into something more and Severus finds himself pulled into a family feud that threatens to bring his dark past to light.

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